From the start, popular Korean bandTVXQ’s Seoul ENCORE concert online ticket ordering website was swamped by countless passionate fans, thus causing the site’s network server to be paralyzed. On the 16th [of September] at 12 noon, TVXQ’s Seoul concert tickets began selling at their official Korean pre-order ticketing site. However, due to the large number of fans simultaneously accessing the site, their server soon became paralyzed. An official for the pre-order ticketing site stated, “Prior to this, we had already taken into consideration TVXQ to be a group that commanded a high box-office demand. Therefore, we had taken preventative measures and steps to increase server capacity. However, when the pre-order ticketing site opened and instantly over 30,000 visitors simultaneously connected to our server, that caused our server to freeze up/crash. We will repair our server as soon as possible to ensure ticket sales to proceed smoothly.”

Labels: Concert, Korea